#BF4A59#BF4A59

#BF4A59 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.150 H 15.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF4A59
RGB	rgb(191, 74, 89)
HSL	hsl(352, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(352, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.3%, 53.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.88, 48.15, 16.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.88, 50.77, 18.49°)
OKLab	oklab(56.94% 0.1448 0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(56.94% 0.15 15.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.7400, 16.6984, 11.3169)
Luminance	0.1669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF4A59 #4ABFB0

analogous

#BF4A93 #BF4A59 #BF764A

triadic

#BF4A59 #59BF4A #4A59BF

tetradic

#BF4A59 #93BF4A #4ABFB0 #764ABF

square

#BF4A59 #93BF4A #4ABFB0 #764ABF

split-complementary

#BF4A59 #4ABF76 #4A93BF

monochromatic

#69252E #973542 #BF4A59 #CF7782 #DFA4AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#BF4A59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#BF4A59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF4A59

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF4A59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF4A59	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656259

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837B56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D03750

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf4a59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 74, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.150 15.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88287',
    500: '#bf4a59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf4a59;
$custom-light: #d88287;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf4a59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.308,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56937,
    "c": 0.15035,
    "h": 15.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF4A59

secondary

#99CCC5

accent

#D7C650

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFEF

border

#D4CACA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF4A59

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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